Magikarp (Paldea Evolved 42)

Magikarp
コイキング Koiking

Illustration rare print
Illus. Shinji Kanda

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

30

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Paldea Evolved
Rarity
English card no.	042/193
Japanese expansion	Triplet Beat
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	022/073

English expansion	Paldea Evolved
Rarity
English card no.	203/193
Japanese expansion	Triplet Beat
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	080/073

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magikarp.

Magikarp (Japanese: コイキング Koiking) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Paldea Evolved expansion.

Card text

Expert Splasher

はねじょうず

10+

Flip 2 coins. If both are heads, this attack does 20 more damage.

Pokédex data

Magikarp - Fish Pokémon

No.

0129

Height

2'11" (0.9 m)

Weight

22 lbs. (10.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

An underpowered, pathetic Pokémon. It may jump high on rare occasions but never more than seven feet.

力のない情けないポケモン。たまに高く飛び跳ねても２メートルを超すのがやっとだ。

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and an illustration rare card in the Paldea Evolved expansion, first released in the Japanese Triplet Beat subset. The Regular print features artwork by HYOGONOSUKE, while the illustration rare print features artwork by Shinji Kanda.

Gallery

Regular print
Illus. HYOGONOSUKE

Illustration rare print
Illus. Shinji Kanda

Trivia

The Regular print of this card forms a combined illustration with eight other cards released in the Scarlet & Violet Series of the Pokémon TCG: Skwovet, Palossand, Combee, Lechonk, Horsea, Gligar, Swablu, and Mime Jr. All nine cards feature illustrations by HYOGONOSUKE and were first released in Japan in 2023. The full combined illustration is featured on the つながるせかい Tsunagaru Sekai (lit. "Connected World") line of TCG card sleeves.

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Scarlet.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.